Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-26 Thread Jason Boxman
On Wednesday 26 September 2001 02:55 pm, Jason Boxman wrote: > On Wednesday 26 September 2001 03:58 am, Samuli Suonpaa wrote: > > Adam McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm curious if anyone here has any knowledge of Debian, in any > > > future release, will prompt the user to install an ex

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-26 Thread Jason Boxman
On Wednesday 26 September 2001 03:58 am, Samuli Suonpaa wrote: > Adam McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm curious if anyone here has any knowledge of Debian, in any > > future release, will prompt the user to install an ext3 filesystem > > during the initial install. > > It's already possib

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Craig Dickson wrote on Wed Sep 26, 2001 um 07:36:07AM: > > separated kernel-image package. "apt-get install kernel-image.*ext3" > > shouldn't be too complicated for users, IMHO. > > Sure, if Debian wants to supply ext3-enabled kernel-image packages. Define "want". We have allready ext3

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Samuli Suonpaa wrote on Wed Sep 26, 2001 um 01:41:08PM: > > When Woody comes, there will probably be a different flavour on each > > CD-ROM. So you have 5 CDs and depending on which you insert, you > > will get one of [ default | ide | ide-pci | reiserfs | udma100-ext3 > > ] installation

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-26 Thread Craig Dickson
Eduard Bloch wrote: > Okay, but as long Ext3 is a kinde experimental, it will remain in a > separated kernel-image package. "apt-get install kernel-image.*ext3" > shouldn't be too complicated for users, IMHO. Sure, if Debian wants to supply ext3-enabled kernel-image packages. > Please learn abou

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-26 Thread Samuli Suonpaa
Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When Woody comes, there will probably be a different flavour on each > CD-ROM. So you have 5 CDs and depending on which you insert, you > will get one of [ default | ide | ide-pci | reiserfs | udma100-ext3 > ] installation systems. For what it's worth, rat

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-26 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Craig Dickson wrote on Tue Sep 25, 2001 um 12:45:59PM: > It's easy if you're used to building your own kernels and applying > patches to sources, but I'm sure there are a lot of less-technical users > who would prefer to use the standard kernel-image packages. If these > packages don't h

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-26 Thread Samuli Suonpaa
Adam McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious if anyone here has any knowledge of Debian, in any > future release, will prompt the user to install an ext3 filesystem > during the initial install. It's already possible. Install normally on an ext2-partition, compile yourself a kernel with

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-25 Thread Craig Dickson
Eduard Bloch wrote: > Well, we do allready have patch-package for 2.2.19 and 2.4.9 and > kernel-image-2.2.19-udma100-ext3 in Woody. The stuff may not be in the > kernel source itself, but applying a patch-package is quite easy. It's easy if you're used to building your own kernels and applying pa

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Craig Dickson wrote on Tue Sep 25, 2001 um 09:12:23AM: > it's unlikely to take a major change like a new filesystem. So as far as > Debian Stable goes, I would be surprised to see ext3 built-in until the > next release after Woody, which is to say, more than a year from now. Well, we do

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-25 Thread Matthew Sackman
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:58:21AM -0600, Adam McDaniel wrote: > > is that even going to be possible?, I thought upgrading to ext3 required > a fresh partition. That would be cool though. Which reminds me, what exactly > are the real benifits to using ext3? > > i know i could rtfm, but im busy pe

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-25 Thread Craig Dickson
Adam McDaniel wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:39:35AM -0500, DvB wrote: > > Of course, once ext3 is in the standard kernel, one need only create the > > journal file (plus one or two other tweaks like disabling ext2 fsck), > > reboot (assuming even that's necessary) and, voila!, one's ext2 > >

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-25 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:39:35AM -0500, DvB wrote: > Of course, once ext3 is in the standard kernel, one need only create the > journal file (plus one or two other tweaks like disabling ext2 fsck), > reboot (assuming even that's necessary) and, voila!, one's ext2 > filesystem automagically become

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-25 Thread DvB
Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Adam McDaniel wrote: > > > I'm curious if anyone here has any knowledge of Debian, in any future > > release, will prompt the user to install an ext3 filesystem during > > the initial install. > > > > I haven't been paying terribly close attention

Re: ext3 on install

2001-09-25 Thread Craig Dickson
Adam McDaniel wrote: > I'm curious if anyone here has any knowledge of Debian, in any future > release, will prompt the user to install an ext3 filesystem during > the initial install. > > Ofcourse, im not 100% familair with the status of ext3, but is it even > at that stage of production right n

ext3 on install

2001-09-25 Thread Adam McDaniel
Heya.. I'm curious if anyone here has any knowledge of Debian, in any future release, will prompt the user to install an ext3 filesystem during the initial install. Ofcourse, im not 100% familair with the status of ext3, but is it even at that stage of production right now? inquiring minds want